My First Grow

siLky joHNsoN · #1 11-03-2008, 06:49 PM

Alright guys...I've been reading stuff on this site with about every non-study hour I've had since i put the seed in the ground...I'm gonna try to give as many details as possible and pictures...YEAH I know the picture quality sucks but you can see it gets SLIGHTLY better as I'm goin...anyway...

Day Zero:

Planted a seed with a root poppin out about 1/4 inch in length (maybe a little less)...bag seed, who wants to waste extra money on something they are probably gonna fuck up the first time?...

Lighting: 1 60 watt output/10-15 watts energy used 18" fluorescent plant/aquarium light - 502 Lumens 24/0

6" pot, Miracle-Gro potting mix, and I also bought some MG Bloom Booster flower food (High Phosphorus for roots and shoots) I spray some of this around the soil but didn't put any in when I first watered

Day 1:

I have a pot filled with dirt in my closet. Awesome

Day 2:

Approx. 42 hrs after planting the germinated seed, I come back from class to find the embryo leaves above the surface. WOO! Now I have a pot of dirt with a plant smaller than a Chinese pecker in my closet.

Lighting: I added another of the same 18" lights with the factory fluorescent bulb in it, put them facing eachother with the plant in between. GRAND TOTAL: 20-30 watts energy used/120 watts output/1004 Lumens 24/0

Nutes: I continue occasionally lightly spraying some of the Phosphorus mix over the pot. Done along with the regular water so the dose of Phosphorus is very low.

Day 3:

Morning: The first foliage leaves pop out, woo fuckin hoo. Plants about an inch or so tall.

Lights: Same

Nutes: Watered the plant again. Used 3 parts regular water 2 parts Phosphorus Mix. Still spraying water over the top of the plant as needed, sparingly spraying Phosphorus around the plant.

Day 4:

She's about 1.5 in. tall now, I noticed that one of the foliage leaves is split from the outside edge to the middle vein near the lateral part, kinda weird but it still has good color and everything so I think it's okay, if anybody knows why give me a shout.

Lighting: Same setup, switched to 20/4

Nutes: Same

Added a thermometer, temp is between 80 and 90 but I was flushing some heat and humidity in there...

Day 5:

About 2 in., foliage leaves noticeably bigger and distinctly serrated (I was amazed how deep the grooves are in the leaves, it looks sweet IMO)

Nutes: Since I'm in Veg stage now, bought some MG All Purpose Plant Food for the High Nitrogen and Potassium. It' very low in Phosphorus, so i mixed in a very small amount (about 1/6 the All purpose) of the Blooming mix into the All Purpose Mix. Sprayed a small amount of that on/around the plant along with water (I always spray much more water on the plant after the nutes to make sure they are as diluted as possible)...getting ready to water now...

Lights: Added two-26 watt energy used/100w output 1700 Lumen CFLs...grand totals so far 3504 Lumens, 72-82 watts energy used, 320 watts output...still gonna do 20/4

siLky joHNsoN · #2 11-04-2008, 12:00 AM

Here is a zoomed out pic of the current set up. Yes, I know i should have gone flat white instead of aluminum foil and i know that all my bulbs suck blah blah blah dont need the hate, but CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISISM more than welcomed!!! I'm doing what I can here...

Screwston · #3 11-04-2008, 02:32 AM

IMO Your jumping the gun, you should try to stay away from MG potting mix, you also should avoid spraying the leaves as this will increase burning from lights, you mightt be overwatering a bit, but for certain DEF stop the nutes

Ganjaglutin · #4 11-04-2008, 02:37 AM

Cool (filler)

Dually · #5 11-04-2008, 02:14 PM

Im curious to see what happens next

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Ganjaglutin · #6 11-04-2008, 03:27 PM

Arent We All?

tinyTURTLE · #7 11-04-2008, 07:12 PM

my advice is flip the box so the long side is up/down. then set your light high and stack magazines or books or bricks or whatever to evelate the pot. adjust as necessary. as it is it looks like you are going to run out of vertical room in a few weeks.also it looks like you dont have a fan in there. get one. even a small one if just to move air around the bulbs.

tinyTURTLE · #8 11-04-2008, 07:13 PM

and just use water for the first two weeks.

siLky joHNsoN · #9 11-04-2008, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tinyTURTLE

my advice is flip the box so the long side is up/down. then set your light high and stack magazines or books or bricks or whatever to evelate the pot. adjust as necessary. as it is it looks like you are going to run out of vertical room in a few weeks.also it looks like you dont have a fan in there. get one. even a small one if just to move air around the bulbs.

thanks for the feedback...yeah i cut the top off the box...so im not quite sure what u mean about adjustin that...maybe clarify...lol yeah i didnt have a fan, i just grabbed one today to put in there...just finished cleanin it actually...so do u think the lumens are alright at least for now? i wasted like 20 bucks on those tubes when i coulda got like 10 cfls for that...i am just testin things out this time so whatever, but i will have a better set up next time as i may get some funding

siLky joHNsoN · #10 11-04-2008, 07:54 PM

All the specs the same...two really small foliage leaves have popped out adjacent to the old big ones...they are small but they have the form n everything just look like minis of the others haha...probably cant see them in the picture but its the best i got now...and fan is in and the temp is right about where it needs to be...ya im layin off the nutes but it shot up pretty quick with them! gotta give me that lol...